BE Yourself ....This is Part of Me

Bare Essensuals was the name of my skincare salon. My slogan was BE Sensual, BE Down to Earth, BE Yourself.
Since this is a personal blog I'm starting to evolve this a bit. However, I still love the Bare Essensuals in life - love, laughter, friendship and good clean fun!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Thoughts

This is who I amNot always who you seeWhen you pull the knifeIt plunges deep in me.

The scars never fadeTo be bitter never mineBut now this bed has been madeI'm not sure I'm really fine.

Just because you are strongDoesn't mean that I am weakEvery thing that I showAll the emotion that I leak.

You don't know my pastAnd I don't expect you toBut respect me for who I amAnd all that I do.

I'm sorry that I'm not goodEnough for what you seem to needI'm sorry that you can't seeThe way I am able to love and lead.

If you don't wantWhat I have to giveIt's not the end of the worldAnd I will surely live.

Hurt, I will go on and forgiveEven as anger recedesBecause that's is who I amEven if it isn't who you see.

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Mommy and Me (Interviewing the kids)

I first read this on some friends' blogs and thought it was fun. I tried asking my 2 (almost 3) year old, but he didn't really give me much. Just kept answering Mickey Mouse or Hi-5. So then I thought I'd ask my older two children.

I first asked my 7 year old daughter and then my 9 year old son - separately. Her answers are on the left, his on the right.

1. WHAT IS SOMETHING MOM ALWAYS SAYS TO YOU?To Listen/That you love me

2. WHAT MAKES MOM HAPPY?Giving to others/Us listening to you

3. WHAT MAKES MOM SAD?People who don’t listen to you/Not listening to you

4. HOW DOES YOUR MOM MAKE YOU LAUGH?Silly faces/Funny jokes

5. WHAT WAS YOUR MOM LIKE AS A CHILD?Nice/Barely ever got in trouble

6. HOW OLD IS YOUR MOM?41/41

7. HOW TALL IS YOUR MOM?Big/Five feet

8. WHAT IS YOUR MOM’S FAVORITE THING TO DO?Read/Read

9. WHAT DOES YOUR MOM DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT AROUND?Play with (#3 child)/Work on the computer

10. IF YOUR MOM BECOMES FAMOUS, WHAT WILL IT BE FOR? Movies/Doing something really good

11. WHAT is YOUR MOM REALLY GOOD AT?Reading/Reading

12. WHAT IS YOUR MOM NOT VERY GOOD AT?Playing outside/I don’t know what you’re not good at

13. WHAT DOES YOUR MOM DO FOR HER JOB?Work/Fix books on the computer

14. WHAT IS YOUR MOM’S FAVORITE FOOD?Everything/Tacos

15. WHAT MAKES YOUR MOM PROUD OF YOU?Listen/Clean up our rooms

16. IF YOUR MOM WERE A CARTOON CHARACTER, WHO WOULD SHE BE?Bugs Bunny/Bugs Bunny (really? Interesting)

17. WHAT DO YOU AND YOUR MOM DO TOGETHER?Go places/Spend time together

18. HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR MOM THE SAME?We have the same colour hair (we don’t)/We like to play games

19. HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR MOM DIFFERENT?We have different clothes/You have glasses and I don’t

20. HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR MOM LOVES YOU?You say nice things/You do nice stuff for us

21. WHERE IS YOUR MOM’S FAVORITE PLACE TO GO?Cruise/Not McDonald’s

22. HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE YOUR MOM?Up to Pluto and back/To another galaxy and back (this started when I read Guess How Much I Love You to my kids - "to the moon and back" and ever since they've had to take it farther!) :wub:

About Me

I'm a Mom to three, a writer,a book reviewer, a soaper (someone who makes soap and body products), a wife, a friend, a woman. I care deeply, I hurt deeply, I am loyal and someday I'm "gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane".